External Assessment

• External assessment
• Principles
• Proxy qualifications
• Wider Key Skills
• Sample test papers
• Information and Communication Technology
• ICT datafiles 2004-2005
• Guidance to test writers

Wider Key Skills

In addition to submitting a portfolio of evidence, candidates for the wider key skills qualifications may be required to give satisfactory answers to questions asked by an assessor (eg tutor, trainer, supervisor). The assessor will select these questions (the ‘Part A questions’) from a list supplied by the awarding body, in order to confirm the candidate’s knowledge and understanding of areas of Part A where the assessor cannot infer this from the portfolio of evidence. This will mean that some candidates are asked more questions than others. Where a candidate has clearly covered the whole of Part A in their portfolio, no questions need be asked.Candidates’ answers should be recorded in note form, or in an audio or video format. These notes or records should be available to standards moderators/verifiers if required.

Guidance on the effective use of Part A questions will be provided by your awarding body.

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Summary of this section

• Principles
  Information on the principles of external assessment.
• Proxy qualifications
  Information on proxy qualifications for key skills assessment.
• Wider Key Skills Qualifications Pilot
  Information on the Wider Key Skills qualifications pilot.
• Sample test papers
  Sample external test papers for Levels 1 - 3.
• Information and Communication Technology
  Advice on the tests for Information and Communication Technology (ICT).
• ICT datafiles 2004/2005
  Link to QCA ICT datafiles 2004/2005.
• Guidance to test writers
  QCA basic and key skils test standards for staff students preparing for the external tests in key skills Application of Number, Communication and ICT.